Chapter 91: The Forms of Susanoo, Instantly Killing Fifty Cloud Shinobi!

In a dense forest along the border of the Land of Fire.

Around a hundred Konoha shinobi were advancing rapidly.

The one leading them was Reiji.

Of course.

This was not the only force Konoha had sent to intercept the Hidden Cloud.

There had been an unexpected development on the front line. According to the intelligence, Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, had actually led several hundred Hidden Cloud shinobi away from the main force and was advancing alone toward the interior of the Land of Fire.

Reiji wasn’t particularly surprised when he received the information.

It could only be said that, as expected of Killer B, this really was something he would do.

In the original story, Sasuke had excitedly taken Team Taka to capture the Eight-Tails, only to end up getting beaten up.

In the end, he relied on Amaterasu to burn the Eight-Tails and captured one of its tentacles, believing he had successfully captured Killer B.

But the real Killer B had simply escaped.

He hadn’t even told the Raikage!

As a result, the Fourth Raikage thought Sasuke had killed his younger brother and proceeded to beat Sasuke senseless at the Five Kage Summit.

This showed just how unreliable Killer B could be.

Therefore, Reiji had temporarily left the main force on the front line under the command of Hiashi Hyūga while he himself brought only a small force to intercept Killer B.

Although his opponent was a perfect jinchūriki, Reiji wasn’t particularly worried.

After his battle with Sarutobi Hiruzen, his ocular power had increased substantially.

His current ocular power was already approaching the level of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and he could now stably activate the Third Form of Susanoo.

The First Form of Susanoo consisted only of bones.

The Second Form covered those bones with flesh.

Generally speaking, an ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan could stably master only the Second Form.

At this stage, Susanoo could already use a long-range projectile technique—Yasaka Magatama!

Even Yasaka Magatama consisting of only three magatama possessed power comparable to a small Tailed Beast Bomb.

The power of Yasaka Magatama could be further increased by adding more magatama!

As for the Third Form of Susanoo, with ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan, it could only be activated temporarily and consumed a tremendous amount of ocular power.

Of course.

The strength of the Third Form of Susanoo also increased dramatically!

On top of the Second Form, it was covered with armor, greatly increasing both its strength and defensive capabilities.

Beyond that—

Only ocular power at the level of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan could activate the Fourth Form and Perfect Susanoo.

Both of these forms made up for the defensive weakness of ordinary Susanoo.

They grew legs, while the user rose into the crystal on Susanoo’s head.

And more importantly!

After Susanoo reached the Fourth Form, it could perform a special technique—Armored Susanoo, Beast Armor!

Using Susanoo as armor, it completely enveloped a Tailed Beast with 360-degree protection, while using the Tailed Beast’s chakra as the source of Susanoo’s chakra!

The user practically only needed to consume ocular power to maintain Susanoo, greatly reducing the chakra consumption.

Compared to ordinary Susanoo, Armored Susanoo’s overall capabilities and combat power increased tremendously!

This was also the reason Reiji had taken the initiative to intercept Killer B.

If he could capture Killer B alive, perhaps he would have the chance to experience Armored Susanoo for himself!

Suddenly.

Reiji, who had been moving at high speed, frowned and reminded everyone:

"Stay alert. The enemy is about ten kilometers ahead."

The Konoha shinobi around him exchanged glances.

A member of the Hyūga clan immediately activated his Byakugan and looked ahead.

Then he remembered that his Byakugan couldn’t see that far.

The Hyūga shinobi couldn’t help asking in astonishment:

"Lord Reiji, have you mastered some kind of long-range sensory technique?"

He didn’t think Reiji would simply make something like this up at a time like this.

Therefore, he could only have mastered some kind of long-range sensory technique.

But!

How was that possible?

Did the Uchiha clan possess such a powerful sensory technique?

How could Reiji see farther than even their Byakugan?

"Something like that."

The corners of Reiji’s mouth curled slightly, and his mood became quite pleasant.

Relying on Kagura Mind’s Eye, he had already sensed that among the several hundred shinobi ahead, one person possessed an extraordinarily massive chakra signature.

Chakra of that level could only belong to the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, Killer B!

Immediately, Reiji abandoned the Konoha shinobi behind him and burst forward at full speed.

"I’ll go ahead first. Catch up as quickly as you can."

As soon as he finished speaking, lightning flashed around his body.

Accompanied by the faint sound of wind, Reiji’s figure shot forward like an arrow, rapidly leaving the Konoha shinobi behind.

"So fast!"

The Konoha shinobi behind him couldn’t help widening their eyes.

So Lord Reiji had been accommodating their speed all this time?

"Lord B, this is too dangerous. We should hurry back and regroup with Lord Raikage."

A Hidden Cloud shinobi advised bitterly.

He had never expected Killer B to be this unreliable.

He had actually left the main force and led such a small number of people deep into the Land of Fire!

If they were surrounded by Konoha shinobi, the consequences could be disastrous.

Lord B was a perfect jinchūriki. Even if he completely transformed into the Tailed Beast, he could protect himself and escape without much trouble.

But ordinary shinobi like him would be in serious trouble!

If they were surrounded by a large number of Konoha shinobi, there was no way an ordinary shinobi like him could survive!

"Yo, stupid big bro worries too much!"

Killer B’s body twisted rhythmically as he ran, humming in his strange cadence.

That stupid big bro hardly ever let him leave the village.

And whenever he finally got the chance, his brother was always nagging him about this and that.

He had long since grown tired of it!

Finally, he had managed to slip away!

The Hidden Cloud shinobi beside Killer B could only sigh.

What could they do when they had such an unreliable commander?

"Someone is approaching!"

A sensory shinobi suddenly shouted.

Then he relaxed.

"But there’s only one person. It might be a Konoha messenger."

As he spoke—

A kunai suddenly flew out from the forest ahead.

The kunai split into two.

The two became four!

In an instant, a dense rain of kunai shot toward the Hidden Cloud shinobi!

"What kind of jutsu is this?"

"Tch, that level? Are you underestimating us?"

"He’s alone. He isn’t running away and actually dares to attack us first?"

After hearing the sensory shinobi’s report, the Hidden Cloud shinobi didn’t take it seriously.

It was only one person.

Could he really wipe them all out?

Even Konoha’s Hokage couldn’t do that!

The several hundred Hidden Cloud shinobi here were all elite forces, and they easily knocked away the densely packed kunai.

At that moment, some sharp-eyed Hidden Cloud shinobi finally noticed something strange.

There seemed to be a peculiar fan-shaped crest engraved on the handles of the kunai.

Was that... the Uchiha clan crest?

Was there any need to engrave the clan crest onto kunai?

Suddenly!

A figure appeared beside one of the kunai without warning.

A kunai flashing with lightning was held in his hand.

With a swift motion, it sliced through the throat of a Hidden Cloud shinobi.

Then the figure disappeared again.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared beside another Hidden Cloud shinobi and killed him!

"Enemy attack!"

"Damn it! How did he get here? I didn’t see anything!"

"He’s too fast! I can’t hit him at all!"

"Damn! How is he moving that fast?!"

Killer B pushed up the small sunglasses resting on the bridge of his nose, shock flashing through his eyes.

This instantaneous Body Flicker Technique, appearing and disappearing in an instant—

There was no mistake.

Absolutely no mistake.

It was the Fourth Hokage’s legendary Thunder God Technique!

Back then, he had once joined forces with his elder brother, who had not yet become the Raikage, to fight Minato Namikaze, who had also not yet become Hokage.

Yet the A-B duo had been completely unable to hit him!

It was precisely because of this mysterious Flying Thunder God Technique!

A figure moved like a ghost, so fast that his appearance could not even be seen clearly.

Every time he flashed into existence, the life of another Hidden Cloud shinobi was claimed!

"Get out of this area! Move away from the kunai from earlier!"

Those kunai should have had Flying Thunder God formulas engraved on them.

His opponent was using them to achieve instantaneous teleportation.

Killer B had even forgotten to rap at this point and shouted a warning.

The Hidden Cloud shinobi immediately followed his command and rapidly withdrew from the area.

However—

By the time the surviving Hidden Cloud shinobi had completely retreated from the area covered by the kunai, they discovered that dozens of corpses had been left behind.

It had been too fast.

They were all comrades who had still been alive moments ago!

In less than half a minute, so many of them had already been killed!

At this moment.

Reiji’s figure flashed and appeared in front of the Hidden Cloud shinobi once again.

"This is my first time trying to use the Flying Thunder God Technique in actual combat."

"Let’s see... Hmm, I killed around fifty of them."

"The results aren’t bad."

"Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was pretty useless, his Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique and the Flying Thunder God Technique really do complement each other well."

Reiji held a bloodstained kunai in his hand.

He stood alone against several hundred Hidden Cloud shinobi.

Yet despite being vastly outnumbered, his momentum had completely overwhelmed them.

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